Airship vs. FreshMail

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airship
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
The Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle.N/A
FreshMail
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
FreshMail is a browser based email marketing solution used to create and send newsletter campaigns. This solution leads users from campaign planning and creation to final reports.N/A
Pricing
AirshipFreshMail
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AirshipFreshMail
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
Additional DetailsFreshMail is absolutely free if you send less than 2000 emails to up to 500 subscribers per month.
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Community Pulse
AirshipFreshMail
Features
AirshipFreshMail
Email & Online Marketing
Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Airship
-
Ratings
FreshMail
8.4
3 Ratings
5% above category average
WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Dynamic content00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Landing pages00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
A/B testing00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
List management00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Airship
-
Ratings
FreshMail
8.2
3 Ratings
6% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
Pre-Send Testing
Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of Product A and Product B
Airship
-
Ratings
FreshMail
8.4
2 Ratings
4% above category average
URL Validation00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Link Tracking00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Image Validation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Inbox Display00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Email Accessibility Tools00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Spelling and Grammar Check00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Spam Testing00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Email Previews00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
AirshipFreshMail
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(18 ratings)
8.5
(3 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AirshipFreshMail
Likelihood to Recommend
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
Well-Suited for: 1. Mobile App Notifications: Ideal for targeted push notifications in apps. 2. Customer Segmentation: Effective for personalized marketing campaigns based on user data. 3. Event-Triggered Automation: Great for automated messaging based on user actions. 4. A/B Testing: Useful for optimizing campaign messages and strategies. Less Appropriate for: 1. Non-Mobile Channels: Less effective if the primary focus is on non-mobile communications like email or direct mail. 2. Basic Email Marketing: Other platforms might be better suited for simple, broad email campaigns without complex segmentation or personalization needs.
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FreshMail
The platform works very well for sending emails with simple layouts, it also allows you to keep track of the opening data of those who receive the emails. The platform could improve its ability to modify databases and integrate with other platforms in order to automate some of the marketing actions.
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Pros
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
  • The marketing push notifications are very effective, and it gives us free hand to define different business criteria to target user groups
  • The user experience or the message content could differ from Android and iOS, and this is a huge benefit for us
  • As an Architect, troubleshooting an issue is very detailed and the time it takes to troubleshoot an issue is considerably less from our previous product
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FreshMail
  • Location targeting to filter people based on their region
  • Auto responding to questions and similar inquiries related to content
  • Engaging and building interest in the product
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Cons
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
  • The automated A/B testing winner selection and application should be added
  • The flexibility of message shape, specifically incorporating transparency so messages do not need to be a rectangular shape
  • Faster and more reliable servers around the globe
  • Making more detailed use cases and tutorials to be followed can simplify things for users
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FreshMail
  • My campaign got delayed because of their moderation process. When I wrote them to ask what was going on they said they have some kind of anti-spam moderation process that was taking longer than usual.
  • I don’t like the fact that you can’t edit your template in HTML in their editing program (FreshMail Designer). This is probably isn’t a big deal for most people but some of us like to take over every detail of the template.
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Usability
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
The interface takes a bit getting used to in order to know how to take advantage of everything. Some of the analytics that are available are particularly hard to find, so it's important to pay attention when customer support reviews everything, but everything I'd want and need in terms of Push and In-App messaging is all there.
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FreshMail
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Support Rating
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
I have not had to interact much with customer support as I have been able to find the vast majority of the answers I'm looking for within their documentation, which I very much appreciate because it saves me a lot of time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful for the most part during the couple of interactions I've had.
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FreshMail
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Alternatives Considered
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
We've tested a bunch of different CRM tools over the years and Airship has been a winner for its functionality, features, cost, and ability to integrate with other softwares that we use. It has been great for SMS and mobile in particular. It could certainly be a one stop shop for CRM.
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FreshMail
FreshMail stands out for its ease of email design. Being a specialised email tool, it is more versatile when it comes to obtaining data from users, it is more intuitive, as the amount of time that needs to be invested in learning how to design emails, landing pages, a/b testing and others, is much less than the competition
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Return on Investment
Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
  • The ROI has increased more than approx. 50% (exact details to be confirmed) based on cross-channel orchestration
  • Using push notifications alone, we have seen a huge increase in app engagement which was a challenge before to nudge users to get back to the App after initial download
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FreshMail
  • Better Outreach
  • Hitting the objective of marketing prospects qualified
  • Return on cost
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